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Westminster Hall adjournment debate on NHS Hospitals

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on NHS Hospitals.

Lead member

Richard Taylor

Answering member

Hazel Blears

Department

Department of Health

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

10 June 2003

Reference

406 c221-7WH

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has collated about the incidence of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; and if he will make a statement on what steps the Government is taking to tackle MRSA. - Inc ref to www.phls.co.uk/publications/cdr/PDFfiles/2002/cdr2502.pdf.

Asked by

Tony Lloyd (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 June 2003

Reference

114954; 406 c73W;406 c74W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients waiting for heart operations for more than six months have been offered operations at alternative hospitals; and at which alternative hospitals. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Tim Loughton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 June 2003

Reference

114730; 406 c357W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the pay differentials between staff of the Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust based at (a) Ashford and (b) Chertsey; what plans he has to provide the resources needed to enable the Ashford and...

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 May 2003

For answer on

20 May 2003

Answered on

20 May 2003

Mr. Wilshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will make a statement on the pay differentials between staff of the Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust based at (a) Ashford and (b) Chertsey; [113092] (2) what plans he has to provide the resources needed to enable the Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Trust to implement the recommendations in the Commission for Health Improvement report on the trust's maternity services; [113129] (3) if he will make a statement on the progress made with the implementation of the Franchise Plan for the Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Trust; [113130] (4) what discussions have taken place between his officials and officers of the Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust about the possibility of opening a midwife-led maternity unit at Ashford Hospital; [113131] (5) what discussions have taken place between his officials and officers of the Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust about Dr. Kevin Gangar. [113132] Ms Blears :[holding answer 19 May 2003]: The Government's policy is to put as much National Health Service funding as possible at the front-line. In 2003-04, the Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area will receive a recurrent allocation of £2,269 million, a 9.29 per cent, cash terms increase on the previous year. The maternity unit at the Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust is currently undergoing a £1.4 million programme of modernisation and refurbishment. It is a matter for the trust, working with the SHA, to produce and implement an action plan for the recommendations made by the Commission for Health Improvement (CHI). It is understood that the trust is in the process of doing this. Advice from the SHA suggests that significant progress has been made on the franchise plan for Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust. Since the plan was agreed the trust has: Implemented a £10 million capital programme, including additional theatre capacity at Ashford Hospital and Medical Assessment Unit at St. Peters Hospital. Improved recruitment and retention. Improved communications with staff and stakeholders. Agreed capacity plans with local primary care trusts. Moved from being a zero star to one star trust. It is understood that the trust, as part of a wider review of services on its two sites, will be considering the viability of a midwifery-led maternity unit at Ashford Hospital in addition to planning enhancements to ante- and post-natal services at Ashford. Issues such as paediatric cover and midwife recruitment must also be considered to make improvements to the unit at St. Peters Hospital, following publication of the CHI investigation report. The responsibility for the disciplining of doctors is a matter for the employing trust, which will take into account the outcome of General Medical Council hearings. It is understood that prior to Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust merger, Ashford Hospital paid staff a London weighting allowance whereas St. Peter's Hospital did not. This differential has gradually been phased out as employees move but some are still affected. The Agenda for Change initiative provides the trust with an opportunity to address this differential.

Date

20 May 2003

Reference

405 c736-7W;405 c734-5W; 113092;113129;113130;113131;113132

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultant time is commissioned by each DAAT in England and Wales in the current year. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Lord Mann (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 May 2003

Reference

113982; 405 c739W;405 c737-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many respiratory specialists there are for asthma patients in Dorset. - Inc figures and fact that info is not collected centrally on the numbers of respiratory specialists for particular patient types.

Asked by

Annette Brooke (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 May 2003

Reference

113047; 405 c737W;405 c735W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list hospitals and primary care trusts where suspected SARS cases are being observed or treated as inpatients. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Evan Harris (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 May 2003

Reference

110964; 405 c323W;405 c321W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the preparations being made at hospitals near Heathrow Airport to treat people arriving at Heathrow Airport who are infected with the SARS virus.

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 May 2003

Reference

110558; 405 c321W;405 c319W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many wards have been shut down to prevent the spread of healthcare-acquired infections in each of the last three years. - Inc fact that there are no centrally held statistics on the number of ward closures due to healthcare associated infections...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 May 2003

Reference

111044; 405 c105W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many teenagers with cancer have been treated in adult wards in the last year at (a) Worthing Hospital and (b) Sussex County Hospital, Brighton; what steps are being taken by the Adur, Arun and Worthing PCT to improve diagnosis of teenage...

Asked by

Tim Loughton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 April 2003

For answer on

1 May 2003

Answered on

1 May 2003

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many teenagers with cancer have been treated in adult wards in the last year at (a) Worthing Hospital and (b) Sussex County Hospital, Brighton; [109924] (2) what steps are being taken by the Adur, Arun and Worthing Primary Care Trust to improve diagnosis of teenage cancers; [109925] (3) what plans he has to introduce a teenager cancer trust unit in the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency. [109923] Ms Blears: Information at ward level is not centrally collected. Hospital episode statistics only holds data for admitted patient care at the level of national health service hospitals trusts. There are no current plans to introduce a teenage cancer trust unit in the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency. However, the Adur, Arun and Worthing Primary Care Trust is committed to working with other members of the Sussex Cancer Network to strengthen and further develop local services for teenage patients. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) is in the process of updating the Department of Health's Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer, to help general practitioners identify those patients who are most likely to have cancer and therefore require urgent assessment by a specialist. NICE is also producing Improving Outcomes guidance for child and adolescent cancers to ensure services for these patients are capable of achieving consistently good outcomes. In addition, we are providing funding through the national cancer research network to enable more teenage cancer patients to enter trials of the latest treatments.

Date

1 May 2003

Reference

404 c518-9W;404 c518W; 109924;109925;109923

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the terms of reference are of the referral of the future of East Kent acute hospital services to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel. - Inc ref to www.doh.gov.uk/configuringhospitals.

Asked by

Julian Brazier (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 April 2003

Reference

108810; 404 c427-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, If he will make a statement on the use in the NHS of PET scanners. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by

Michael Jack (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 April 2003

Reference

109823; 404 c341W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

Answered by

Hazel Blears (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

29 April 2003

Reference

404 c146-7

House

House of Commons

Adjournment debate on organ retention

Adjournment debate on organ retention.

Lead member

Lord Lansley

Answering member

Hazel Blears

Department

Department of Health

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

29 April 2003

Reference

404 c269-78

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, If he will make a statement on waiting times for angiogram services. - Inc figure.

Asked by

Tony Wright (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

29 April 2003

Reference

404 c146-7; 109810

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

Answered by

Hazel Blears (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

29 April 2003

Reference

404 c146-7

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the consultants who have been employed on the franchising of Royal United Hospital, Bath and District Royal Infirmary (RUH and BRI) what estimate he has made of (a) official and (b) managerial man hours spent on the proposed...

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 April 2003

Reference

108538; 404 c94W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients from the Buckingham constituency contracted hospital-acquired infections in (a) 2000 and (b) 2001. - Includes figures and ref to: www.phls.co.uk.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 April 2003

Reference

107158; 403 c444W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of whether the two-week waiting target for breast cancer patients urgently referred to a specialist by their GP has been met. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Anne Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 April 2003

Reference

107659; 403 c319W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients waited over four hours in accident and emergency departments in each West Sussex hospital in each of the last four years. - Inc ref to http://www.doh.gov.uk/hospitalactivity. (Holding answer 7 April 2003).

Asked by

Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 April 2003

Reference

107593; 403 c334W

House

House of Commons

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